Fear - God

Ecc 12:13  Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Ecc 12:14  For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

My thoughts-

Solomon, the wisest of the wise.

God said… 1 Ki 3:12 'I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee.'

Solomon, the wisest man EVER!

And this man said this -  The CONCLUSION of the WHOLE MATTER-   FEAR GOD, and KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS- this is the WHOLE DUTY of MAN.

The whole matter- the whole duty of man.

Fear God,
Keep God's Commandments.

How many people fear God? Seriously, how many? Do we know what it means to fear God?

STRONG'S MODULE-

1. to fear, revere, be afraid
a. (Qal)
1. to fear, be afraid
2. to stand in awe of, be awed
3. to fear, reverence, honour, respect
b. (Niphal)
1. to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared
2. to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe
3. to inspire reverence or Godly fear or awe
c. (Piel) to make afraid, terrify
2. (TWOT) to shoot, pour

- Origin: a primitive root
- TWOT entry: 907,908
- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A primitive root; to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten: - affright be (make) afraid dread (-ful) (put in) fear (-ful -fully -ing). (be had in) reverence (-end) X see terrible (act -ness thing).

Did you read that? Really read that?

Fear- a real FEAR as well as a real reverence.

We don't think we really need to fear God, do we?

We want Jesus, not God the Father.

We want to believe that Jesus did away with the wrath of God. We want to believe that Jesus showed us a new and improved God, a God that no longer wants to enforce His own commandments.

We want to believe lies because lies make us feel not quite so bad about ourselves.  We want to believe in love and forgiveness rather than love and obedience. We want to forget the obedience part, forget all about the fact it was disobedience that brought sin into humanity, into our world. If we forget about it then we don't really have to believe that only obedience to God is salvation. We can only accept salvation through obedience, obeying our Savior's command to believe, obeying our Savior's command to repent, to confess, to love.

We must obey.

Our duty is to FEAR GOD and KEEP GOD'S COMMANDMENTS.

More tomorrow by the GRACE of our beloved, merciful GOD!

All praise, all glory, all honor to our GOD!

Deceived!

Ecc 9:5  For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecc 9:10  Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

How can we read these verses and still believe that after we are put in the grave, after we are dead, that we have an active life?

How?

There is no work.
There is no device.
There is no knowledge.
There is no wisdom.
There is nothing.
And the dead KNOW NOT ANY THING.

The dead know not any thing.

How much more clearer can this be?

Yet millions and millions and millions of people believe the dead know EVERYTHING.

It's NOT Biblical, yet so many believe.

God will let people believe lies-

2Th 2:10  And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12  That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness

If millions, billions of people believe that death is just a stepping stone into another existence where we continue to think, where we see our loved ones still living, where we help those still living then they are believing a lie. They are allowed to believe this lie because- 'they received NOT the love of the truth that they might be saved'!

We have to LOVE the TRUTH!

We can't pick and choose our own truths to believe, to love. When we pick our own truths, things that are we want to hear as opposed to the reality of hard truths.

2Ti 4:3  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
2Ti 4:4  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

Lies!

Billions believe lies! Or perhaps just millions, but there are so incredibly many people caught up in the lie and they show NO desire for truth, none. The truth just doesn't fit into their desires, their fables, their made up unbiblical beliefs.

Please LORD give us a desire for ONLY YOUR TRUTH and nothing else! Please LORD! Help us live in YOUR TRUTH! We don't want to be blinded, we don't want to believe delusions! 

In YOUR LOVE ALWAYS!

Where we are called, there we are to abide with God

1Co 7:20  Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.
1Co 7:21  Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
1Co 7:22  For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
1Co 7:23  Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
1Co 7:24  Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Bonhoeffer- 'How different it all sounds from the calling of the first disciples! They had to leave everything and follow Jesus. Now we are told- "Let each man abide in the calling wherein he was called." How are we to reconcile the contradiction? Only by recognizing the underlying motive both of the call of Jesus and of the exhortation of the apostle. In both cases it is the same-- to bring their hearers into the fellowship of the Body of Christ. The only way the first disciples could enter that fellowship was by going with Jesus. But now through the Word and Sacrament the Body of Christ is no longer confined to a single place. The risen and exalted Lord had returned to the earth to be nearer than ever before. The Body of Christ has penetrated into the heart of the world in the form of the Church. The baptized Christian is baptized into that Body. Christ has come to him and taken his life into his own, thus robbing the world of its own. If a man is baptized as a slave, he has now as a slave become a partaker in the common life of the Body of Christ. As a slave he is already torn from the world's clutches, and become a freedman of Christ. That is why the slave is told to stay as he is. As a member of the Body of Christ he has acquired a freedom which no rebellion or revolution could have brought him. Of course St. Paul does not mean thereby to bind him more closely to the world, or to give him a spiritual anchor so that he can continue his life in the world. When he admonishes the slave to stay as he is, it is not because he wants to make him a better citizen of the world or a more loyal one. It is not as though St. Paul were trying to condone or gloss over a black spot in the social order. He does not mean that the class-structure of secular society is so good and godly an institution that it would be wrong to upset it by revolution. The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside-down by the work of Jesus Christ, which has wrought a liberation for freeman and slave alike. A revolution would only obscure that divine New Order which Jesus Christ has established. It would also hinder and delay the disruption of the existing world order in the coming of the kingdom of God. It would be equally wrong to suppose that St Paul imagines that the fulfillment of our secular calling is itself the living of the Christian life. No, his real meaning is that to renounce rebellion and revolution is the most appropriate way of expressing our conviction that the Christian hope is not set on this world, but on Christ and his kingdom.. And so-- let a slave remain a slave! It is not reform that the world needs, for it is already ripe for destruction. And so - let the slave remain a slave. He enjoys a better promise. Surely there is enough judgment for the world and comfort for the slave in the fact that God 'took upon himself the form of a slave' (Phil.2:7) when he came to earth.'

My thoughts-  How true, and yet right now in our world today there is a constant rebellion against what we call injustice.  It is true that there are so many injustices in the world we can't begin to count them all. It is equally true that turning a blind eye to injustices can result in the atrocious tortures of our fellow man. So where do we draw a line? Where do we say this is too much, we must step in?  Do we really forever and always have to turn the other cheek and accept that abuse will go on? Do we fight for others, if not ourselves? Aren't we to do all we can out of love for others to protect them, care for them, as we know Jesus would?

One thing I think it is very easy for us to forget; when Jesus walked the earth before His death and resurrection, during the three years of his ministry there were gross atrocities taking place. Those awful abuses didn't stop during His time upon earth, they went right on. The Romans didn't suddenly become less abusive of all those they ruled over. Their debase entertainments didn't cease. The debauchery was alive and well all around the world that Jesus lived in and He did NOT call for His apostles to rise up and destroy those who were committing the worst of sins. Jesus did not send His disciples to war to free the abused slaves. Yet somehow we believe that we should in all good conscience go to war to keep people from hurting others. 

I know it sounds as if I'm advocating abuse but I'm not, not any more than our Savior did as He walked the earth teaching, preaching, living and loving, as He was put to death for us.

We have to live for Christ, in Christ. We have to live for the world to come. Jesus came to teach us that there is hope and it is found in Him, in the kingdom of heaven. He did not come to teach us to fight here and now as if we truly believe we can rid the world of evil and bring in peace. We have no such power! 

We must LOVE, He taught LOVE for one another, but He did not teach us to force others to love, he did not teach us that this world will fill up with Christ followers. In fact, Jesus taught us the opposite.

Luk 17:26  And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
Luk 17:27  They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:28  Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Luk 17:29  But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Luk 17:30  Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.


In the days of Noah the world was FILLED with evil.
In the days of Sodom and Gomorrah the world was FILLED with evil.
In the days of the second coming of Christ the world will be FILLED with evil.

With our God telling us how things will be, why do we imagine we have some sort of power to rid the world of evil? We do NOT. We are to LOVE others, but NEVER force love, it ceases to be love the instant it is forced.

Where we find ourselves in life we are to live in Christ, seeking to LOVE as He would have us LOVE.

This isn't a popular belief, especially nowadays, but it is God's belief, it is a Biblical belief, it is our Savior's belief.

We are to live in Christ and we are free in Christ because we are living for the world to come, not the world that exists all around us.

All that surrounds us is temporary to eternity and we must NEVER forget that, not ever!

By the grace and mercy of our LORD, let us live in HIM in all things.

We can't wait until they deserve our love

Bonhoeffer- 'The member of the Body of Christ has been delivered from the world and called out of it. He must give the world a visible proof of his calling, not only by sharing in the Church's worship and discipline, but also through the new fellowship of brotherly living. If the world despises one of the brethren, the Christian will love and serve him. If the world does him violence, the Christian will succor and comfort him. If the world dishonors and insults him, the Christian will sacrifice his own honor to cover his brother's shame. Where the world seeks gain, the Christian will renounce it. Where the world exploits, he will dispossess himself, and where the world oppresses, he will stoop down and raise up the oppressed. If the world refuses justice, the Christian will pursue mercy, and if the world takes refuge in lies, he will open his mouth for the dumb, and bear testimony to the truth. For the sake of the brother, be he Jew or Greek, bond or free, strong or weak, noble or base, he will renounce all fellowship with the world. For the Christian serves the fellowship of the Body of Christ, and he cannot hide it from the world. He is called out of the world to follow Christ.'

My thoughts-

'Brotherly living'.  Are we living brotherly?

Please read the lyrics to the song- Hold Us Together- by Matt Maher

"Hold Us Together"

It don't have a job, don't pay your bills
Won't buy you a home in Beverly Hills
Won't fix your life in five easy steps
Ain't the law of the land or the government?
But it's all you need

And love will hold us together
Make us a shelter to weather the storm
And I'll be my brother's keeper
So the whole world would know that we're not alone

It's waiting for you knocking at your door
In the moment of truth when your heart hits the floor
And you're on your knees

And love will hold us together
Make us a shelter to weather the storm
And I'll be my brother's keeper
So the whole world would know that we're not alone

This is the first day of the rest of your life
This is the first day of the rest of your life
'Cause even in the dark you can still see the light
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

This is the first day of the rest of your life
This is the first day of the rest of your life
'Cause even in the dark you can still see the light
It's gonna be alright, it's gonna be alright

Love will hold us together
Make us a shelter to weather the storm
And I'll be my brother's keeper
So the whole world would know that we're not alone

Pasted from

I was reminded of this song when I read the words 'brotherly love' .  The lyrics- 'I'll be my brother's keeper' particularly struck home with me.  Are we are brother's keeper? Cain insinuated to God that He wasn't his brother's keeper.

Gen_4:9  And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

We ARE our brother's keeper! We are! We should be! And our brothers are every other human being- from what people would call the worse sort of human being to the best. Our humanity alone gives us this and Christ alone gives us the love we have towards those who are just like us. I say just like us because underneath all the superficial bits we all have the same basic needs. The most hardened criminal who claims to not even want the first inkling of love from any one has allowed Satan to affect him so that he truly believes that what he is saying is truth.  But human beings were created to love and be loved. Satan wants to destroy love and will use everything he can to do just that. We know that our Savior would have us love as He loves and that means loving the unlovable because WE are unlovable aren't we? Seriously.  We can NEVER be GOOD enough to deserve love, it must be a gift that is given to us undeservedly and THAT is exactly how we are to love others, all others! We aren't to wait for them to deserve it, if we do that, then we will deserve the same and we will not be God's!  We will never deserve forgiveness, we will never deserve the love of God.  All by His grace we are given His forgiveness, His love.

So yes, we are our brothers' keepers. We are to let the LOVE of God hold us together, we are to help each other weather all of life's storms.  We are not alone in Christ.  Our love for others must be a real, visible love, not something we mouth in our prayers or tell others about, it must be a living active love for others.

All by the LOVE of God!

In Christ

Gal 3:27  For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Col 3:11  Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.

Bonhoeffer- 'In the Church men look upon one another no longer as free men, or slaves, as men or women, but as members of Christ's body. To be sure this does not mean that the slave is no longer a slave, nor the man a man. But it does mean that in the Church no one has to be considered in his special capacity, whether he be Jew or Greek, freeman or bondservant. Any such respect of persons must be excluded at all costs. We take account of each other only with regard to our membership in the Body of Christ, that is to say, that we are all one in Christ. Jew and Greek, freeman and bondservant, man and woman now stand within the fellowship as part of the community of the Body of Christ. Wherever Christians live together, conversing and dealing with one another, there is the Church, there they are in Christ. This is what transforms the whole character of their fellowship. The wife obeys her husband "in the Lord"; by serving his master the slave serves God, and the master knows that he too has a Lord in heaven (Col 3:18-4:1)

Col 3:18  Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
Col 3:19  Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.
Col 3:20  Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
Col 3:21  Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
Col 3:22  Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
Col 3:23  And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Col 3:24  Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Col 3:25  But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Col 4:1  Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

...but they are all breather "in the flesh and in the Lord."

My thoughts-

Do we really live in this way? Do we really consider our fellow Christ followers our equals in Christ? Are we, as Christ followers, to love ALL without respect to their stations and all that people choose to take offence with?

We are, just as Christ. Christ loves the sinner, us, for we are all sinners. We cannot point to one other person and say they are unworthy. We cannot point to any one and claim any sort of superiority over them. We are all sinners, we all fall short of the glory of God. When we are in Christ, in the Body, the Church, when we are Christ's people we are all HIS and as HIS He is our all in all loving us and calling us to love one another as HE LOVES US.  He doesn't want us to love others as we desire to, but to love as HE LOVES. He will give us HIS love! The Holy Spirit will live in us, Christ in us!

Col_1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory

The hope of glory in us!

Christ has to live in us because in and of ourselves we are nothing. 

We are everything in Christ, and all who are in Christ are equal in Christ.   We can love because He loves!

Christ in us! The hope of glory!

Joh_14:17  Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

The Spirit of Truth in us!

Joh_15:4  Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

Abide in Christ!

Rom_8:9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Spirit of God in us!

Rom_8:11  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

The Spirit of God in us!

1Co_6:19  What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

We are not our own!

Gal_4:19  My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you

Christ formed in us!

Php_2:13  For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

God working in us!

1Jn_4:4  Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

Greater is HE that is IN us, than he that is in the world!

Our God is greater! And HE is in US!

We must believe!

Not worthy, never worthy, blessed by His GRACE!

Burn them up

Nah 1:9  What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Mal_4:1  For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.

Do we imagine that there is no REAL end to the chaos in our world, the chaos that has been in our world sin Adam and Eve sinned? Do we really believe THIS is how our lives are supposed to be? That we were created, that we obtained existence only to ever live to die? We fight to live. We expend energy every day just to live. And this is how we truly imagine our lives were supposed to be? Our minds at their best are only left to inhabit deteriorating bodies, allowed to flourish as the shell of flesh around us dies on it's journey to becoming dust once more.  This was what we are all about, to live just a moment in time and then no more.  Say what you will, I choose to believe in my LORD and eternal life in HIM through HIS righteousness! I choose to believe this life is a life given to me so that I may serve the Lord at His mercy. I choose to believe this life is a temporary life, a stepping stone, a first phase.  I believe as my Lord tells me, that it is true, this world, this life, is NOT what was ever intended for us, His creations.

When the end of all evil is at hand it will NEVER rise up again.

We know in our lives that things have ends, irretrievable endings. We've all seen things die, never to live again. Evil will be destroyed never to rise again, never. This isn't up for debate, it is factual, set in stone forever. This is the plan of the LORD and it will not be altered.

Our Lord is LONG SUFFERING, and that is the ONLY reason this world has continued on as it has. IF He were not long suffering it would have been over a long time ago.

By the grace of our LORD we will be among the righteous, finding our righteousness in HIM and only in HIM. He is our HOPE, our only HOPE.

The wicked will destroyed.  The wicked, all who are not God's, all who choose anything but their Creator will belong to the wicked one. Please LORD, help us NOT to be among the wicked! We would be YOURS!

By YOUR GRACE!

The Harvest is the End of the World

Mat 13:24  Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
Mat 13:25  But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Mat 13:26  But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
Mat 13:27  So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
Mat 13:28  He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
Mat 13:29  But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
Mat 13:30  Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Mat 13:36  Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
Mat 13:37  He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Mat 13:38  The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Mat 13:39  The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Mat 13:40  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Mat 13:41  The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Mat 13:42  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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My Thoughts-

The Son of man sows the good seed.
The field is the world.
The good seed are the children of the kingdom.
The tares are the children of the wicked one.
The enemy is the devil.
The harvest is the end of the world.
The reapers are the angels.
The wicked are gathered and destroyed.
The righteous gathered to the kingdom.

Can it be any clearer?

The wicked and righteous remain together until the end when Christ has the angels separate them.

The harvest isn't until the end of the world.

Is it any wonder the apostles asked Jesus this--

Mat 24:3  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

They wanted to know what would signal the end of the world, just as we today desire to know.

People are so quick to say it'll never happen. Why do they say that? Because it hasn't happened. They scoff because they have their own idea of what God's timetable should be. They point out all the evil atrocities in our world's history, and in it's current state and can't fathom why the end of the world hasn't occurred yet. Why if they had a say in things it would have happened long before now. And because it hasn't happened and our history has been bloody and filled with evil, then it's not going to happen.  Scoffers.

We do have signs, and again people will happily tell you that every generation since Christ lived has believed the signs point to the end of the world, and because of this, it will never happen. It's a fiction designed to get people to believe so that supposedly they'll make the world a better place to live in. People will gladly tell you that everyone has a wicked streak in them, there are no righteous. People will also in the next breath tell you that everyone has a good streak in them, there are no really wicked people.  Unbelievers.

Mat 24:4  And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
Mat 24:5  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:6  And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
Mat 24:8  All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Mat 24:9  Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Mat 24:10  And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
Mat 24:11  And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
Mat 24:12  And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Mat 24:13  But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mat 24:14  And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Mat 24:15  When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
Mat 24:16  Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
Mat 24:17  Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Mat 24:18  Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Mat 24:19  And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Mat 24:20  But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
Mat 24:21  For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Mat 24:22  And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
Mat 24:23  Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Mat 24:24  For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Mat 24:25  Behold, I have told you before.
Mat 24:26  Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Mat 24:27  For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:28  For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
Mat 24:29  Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
Mat 24:30  And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mat 24:31  And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
Mat 24:32  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
Mat 24:33  So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
Mat 24:34  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
Mat 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Mat 24:36  But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
Mat 24:37  But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:38  For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Mat 24:39  And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Mat 24:40  Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:41  Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
Mat 24:42  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Mat 24:43  But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
Mat 24:44  Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Mat 24:45  Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
Mat 24:46  Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Mat 24:47  Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.
Mat 24:48  But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Mat 24:49  And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
Mat 24:50  The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
Mat 24:51  And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luk 21:7  And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?
Luk 21:8  And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
Luk 21:9  But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Luk 21:10  Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
Luk 21:11  And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luk 21:12  But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
Luk 21:13  And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
Luk 21:14  Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Luk 21:15  For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Luk 21:16  And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
Luk 21:17  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
Luk 21:18  But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
Luk 21:19  In your patience possess ye your souls.
Luk 21:20  And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Luk 21:21  Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
Luk 21:22  For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Luk 21:23  But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
Luk 21:24  And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
Luk 21:25  And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luk 21:26  Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Luk 21:27  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
Luk 21:28  And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Luk 21:29  And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
Luk 21:30  When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
Luk 21:31  So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
Luk 21:32  Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
Luk 21:33  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Luk 21:34  And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luk 21:35  For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36  Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Mar 13:2  And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Mar 13:3  And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,
Mar 13:4  Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
Mar 13:5  And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
Mar 13:6  For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
Mar 13:7  And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
Mar 13:8  For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
Mar 13:9  But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Mar 13:10  And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Mar 13:11  But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
Mar 13:12  Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Mar 13:13  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Mar 13:14  But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Mar 13:15  And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
Mar 13:16  And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
Mar 13:17  But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
Mar 13:18  And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
Mar 13:19  For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
Mar 13:20  And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Mar 13:21  And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
Mar 13:22  For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
Mar 13:23  But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
Mar 13:24  But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
Mar 13:25  And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
Mar 13:26  And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
Mar 13:27  And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
Mar 13:28  Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
Mar 13:29  So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
Mar 13:30  Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
Mar 13:31  Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
Mar 13:32  But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
Mar 13:33  Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Mar 13:34  For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Mar 13:35  Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Mar 13:36  Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Mar 13:37  And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

Now before anything else is said, I just have to say this-- there is a prophecy right here that Jesus tells us to read and understand and if we do this we can't help but realize that the prophecy extend right up to the year 1844. SERIOUSLY.  Great Biblical scholars have read and understood this. There are more prophecies, one that extends right to the year 1980!  1980!  Just 33 years ago! So if these prophecies as history has unfolded have shown them to come to pass just as recently as 33 years ago, it is OBVIOUS that we are still living in prophetic timeline heading straight for the end of the world.  Nothing has been able to stop the prophecies from coming to pass, not a single thing, and nothing will be able to stop our Savior from coming again, nothing will stop the end of the world.

Think what you want, scoff, disbelieve, it's the choice you've been allowed to make for yourself, God will NEVER force anyone to believe in Him or the end of the world.

The end of the world will come whether or not anyone believes- it doesn't hang on whether or not there are believers, in fact we are told there are going to be very few believers, so if we wait for a world to be converted to the TRUTH, our wait will be in vain. We have to believe now not wait for anything!

Your life could end in the next minute, the next hour, the next day, the next week, the next month, the next year … the thing is YOU DON'T know when your life will end, none of us know, not really. I imagine that even those planning to suicide have had their suicide thwarted by death finding them in another way before they could go through with that plan. You aren't guaranteed to die on your own terms no matter what you plan. We don't know when our lives will end so to wait to accept Christ's salvation, Christ's righteousness, to wait to repent and seek forgiveness is to tempt fate in a way you shouldn't, not when the price you will pay is so extremely high.

In Christ alone do we have hope of living in Him for eternity. We can't buy our way there, we can't trick our way in, we can't sweet talk ourselves to salvation, it's a heart knowledge, a truth without any deception at all.

All by the grace of GOD! All through His love may we be watching and ready, surrendered to Him, living in His righteousness, known by Him at the end of the world, when it's harvest time for the whole world.